ArtInsight: A detailed dataset for detecting deterioration in easel paintings

ArtInsight is an innovative dataset designed to detect deterioration in fine art, specifically easel paintings. The dataset includes high-resolution images captured at the University of Granada using a digital camera with a 105 mm lens, ISO 125, F5, and a shutter speed of 1/13, and processed for color calibration. Two types of images are featured: those showing stucco technique interventions and those with Lacune from the loss of the Painting Layer (LPL). The VGG Image Annotator was employed for manual damage labeling, with annotations exported in JSON format and labeled for stucco and LPL damages. The dataset comprises 14 images with 2909 distinct damage areas, split into training and validation datasets. Developed using Python 3.7 and fine-tuned on a pre-trained Mask-RCNN model, this dataset demonstrates high accuracy rates (98-100 %) in damage detection. ArtInsight aims to facilitate automated damage detection and foster future research in art conservation and restoration. The dataset is publicly available at 10.5281/zenodo.8429814.